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Published inDec 2023
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Kamil Mrzygłód
Kamil Mrzygłód
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Kamil Mrzygłód is a technical lead and technology advisor, working with multiple companies on designing and implementing Azure-based systems and platforms. He's a former Microsoft Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and certified trainer, who shares his knowledge via various channels, including conference speeches and open source projects and contributions. Kamil lives in Poland with his two cats and one dog, dedicating some of his time to video games, cooking, and traveling.
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Expanding on OS and data disks

You should be already familiar with two types of disks that can be provisioned in Azure (we discussed them in Chapter 5):

  • OS disk
  • Data disk

In Azure, each virtual machine can have a single OS disk attached to it, plus several data disks, which are used as additional storage units for a machine. The number of possible data disks attached to the machine relies on its family and size:

  • Memory-optimized Dv2 and Dsv2-series – 8–64 data disks
  • Ev4 and Esv4-series – 4–32 data disks
  • Mv2-series – 64 data disks
  • B-series burstable series – 2–32 data disks

You can find the full list in the Azure documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes. When planning your infrastructure (and considering its capabilities and capacity), this should be the first place where you consult your assumptions. Azure Virtual Machines, with their families and sizes...

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Published in: Dec 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781837636112

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Kamil Mrzygłód

Kamil Mrzygłód is a technical lead and technology advisor, working with multiple companies on designing and implementing Azure-based systems and platforms. He's a former Microsoft Azure Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and certified trainer, who shares his knowledge via various channels, including conference speeches and open source projects and contributions. Kamil lives in Poland with his two cats and one dog, dedicating some of his time to video games, cooking, and traveling.
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